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J T, February 24, 2007 (view all comments by J T)
Brilliant, bittersweet, captivating, funny, deep, & insightful, this collection of demons is worth dressing up for parade. Lynda Barry at her finest! She even closes with an unpretentious how-to of Chinese brush painting, encouraging you to grind your own inks to get your own demons onto any available page. Now if I could just capture some of my immigrant mom's half-crazed premonitions and stories as perfectly as Lynda depicts the Aswang, or recollect my dear friend's suicide the way Lynda sees those nectarines on the windowsill.
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lesbouquinistes, December 14, 2006 (view all comments by lesbouquinistes)
at once heartbreaking and hilarious, lynda barry's comics about being an outsider and growing up will inspire and leave you thirsty for more.
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"Synopsis"
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Here are 20 stories told in Barry's distinctive cartoon-narrative style that delve into the funk and sweetness of love, family, adolescence, race and the 'hood identity.
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